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Whaddaya Know: Friedman Says It's Not All Bush's Fault
NY Times - Thomas Friedman/NewsBusters ^
| Mark Finkelstein
Posted on 10/11/2006 3:54:56 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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NY Times-Friedman/NewsBusters change-of-pace ping to Today show list.
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posted on
10/11/2006 3:55:35 AM PDT
by
governsleastgovernsbest
(Watching the Today Show since 2002 so you don't have to.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Friedman IS occasionally sane, which tends to set him apart from his lib colleagues.
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posted on
10/11/2006 3:58:31 AM PDT
by
EDINVA
To: governsleastgovernsbest
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posted on
10/11/2006 4:03:18 AM PDT
by
listenhillary
(Islam = Religion of peace. If you say otherwise, we'll kill you!)
To: EDINVA
Friedman IS occasionally sane, which tends to set him apart from his lib colleagues. Agreed. However I wouldn't want him in foxhole or an lifeboat with me. He tends to panic, go hysterical and whine like a sissy-boy. When the going gets tough, Friedman is NOT one of the tough that gets going.
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posted on
10/11/2006 4:08:21 AM PDT
by
rhombus
To: governsleastgovernsbest
This means that Friedman will probably have a fatwa issued against him by the lib-mullahs al-MoveOn, al-Barbara Striesand, and the like.
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posted on
10/11/2006 4:10:45 AM PDT
by
KStorm
(Offend a group of feminists (if you dare) by waving at them and saying "Hi, guys".)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
To: governsleastgovernsbest
in the name of a relatively peaceful world - China and Russia need to stop being "free riders on our bus." Kinky is on the right road. The entire world needs to stop being "free riders on our bus".
But, Im afraid that so long as we offer free bus service the world will pile on.
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posted on
10/11/2006 4:17:15 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: mylife
Few people, and even fewer countries, are willing to act on principle and refuse a free ride. My main problem with Friedman (Tom, not Kinky) is that he's always saying what the world "must" do without an iota of realism.
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posted on
10/11/2006 4:29:52 AM PDT
by
RedRover
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Friedman is the kind who writes underhanded comments. For example: It's not all Bush's fault. Only about 99.5% Bush's fault.
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posted on
10/11/2006 4:30:31 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Looks like Rove has paid him off to distract public attention from the failed policies of the
Foley Bush administration.
Yes, folks, it's sarcasm...
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posted on
10/11/2006 4:31:50 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: RedRover
I view Tom Friedman as somewhat benign.
Im not sure that he would be a bad thing in the Gov mansion.
Legislature will never pass any of his hare brained schemes. They may however, act on his better ideas.
The best thing about him is that he is NOT a proffesional politician. The worst thing about him is that he is a shameless self promoter ala PT Barnumn ;)
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posted on
10/11/2006 4:35:11 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
..."Kim Jong-il would relent. He is not suicidal."
Not so sure about that. Plenty of power mad tyrants through history have shown a willingness to gamble everything in their power grabs.
To: EDINVA
I have read most of Friedman's books. While he is a liberal, he seems to make more sense than the others at the NYT. His analysis of Middle East problems usually has some wisdom.
To: governsleastgovernsbest
"If China told North Korea that unless it dismantled its nuclear program and put its facilities under U.N. inspection, Beijing would cut off its energy and food, Kim Jong-il would relent. He is not suicidal."And if China and Russia told Iran that they would join in the toughest possible U.N. economic sanctions on Tehran if it persisted in its nuclear program, the ayatollahs would also back down. Because then the Europeans would have the spine to join in sanctions and Tehran would face a united front."
These are more like the hopes & wishes of a third-grader. Anyone who who pays this idiot to convey his childish assumptions to the American public should be horsewhipped.
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posted on
10/11/2006 5:02:29 AM PDT
by
johnny7
(“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
To: mylife
I think you're mixing up your Friedmans. Richard "Kinky" Friedman is running for governor in Texas. Tom Friedman is a NY Times columnist. Both are old-school, JFK-style, liberals who are often irritating and sometimes corrext.
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posted on
10/11/2006 5:02:47 AM PDT
by
RedRover
To: johnny7
Agreed. Like Beijing is really going to cut off energy and food and create a scenario that makes our illegal immigration problem look like a few kids cutting through the yard.
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posted on
10/11/2006 5:07:11 AM PDT
by
King of Florida
(A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.)
To: RedRover
My bad. I was refering to Kinky
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posted on
10/11/2006 5:07:35 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: RedRover
Yeessh, morning always comes to early L0L
Never Freep before coffee
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posted on
10/11/2006 5:10:02 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
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